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2014-06-09 Fifth Column

Unnamed official at Landstuhl sez Bergdaul tortured.

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Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Yeah. Right.

Posted by gorb 2014-06-09 00:18|| 2014-06-09 00:18|| Front Page Top

Bakhena ghwaarum [excuse me], in my native northern California, the fruit of the apple tree which we refer to as apples, does not fall too far from the tree....unless of course the tree is planted on a hillside, or caught by a passing monkey. It is now time for my Ramakrishna meditations.
Salaam.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-09 05:44|| 2014-06-09 05:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Maybe they mean he was tortured before he went walkabout? Or since he was released? Certainly not by the kindly Taliban - Religion of Peace and all that.

Posted by Glenmore 2014-06-09 08:53|| 2014-06-09 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Not much of an article. A rehash of the NYT story, followed by paragraphs of the Secretary of State defending the decision and dismissing the threats.

Threats (proven or not) against the family, however, are unwarranted and condemnable. Surely one realizes that, even in Georgia. Or Colorado. Or Idaho...

Posted by Pappy 2014-06-09 13:06|| 2014-06-09 13:06|| Front Page Top

#5 I agree completely. Threats are not the answer. Anyway, I'm anxiously await the HW Rose Garden reunion. Perhaps Jane Fonda, Kerry, Rice, Omar Abdel-Rahman [The Blind Sheik], and the Harlem Globe Trotters will be there as well.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-09 13:56|| 2014-06-09 13:56|| Front Page Top

#6 And if he wasn't before, he WILL BE til he gets the approved story straight. Gotta be working from the same page as the friendly talking heads.
Facts are a social construct, don't believe me, ask George Orwell.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-09 14:11|| 2014-06-09 14:11|| Front Page Top

#7 You can bet the narrative and script are being well rehearsed. Bergdahl will be lapping the Kool Aid like a pro. He'll have a hammer hanging over his arse quite similar to the one hanging over General Petraeus.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-06-09 16:50|| 2014-06-09 16:50|| Front Page Top

#8 Bergdahlwill be lapping the Kool Aid like a pro.

Most likley through a straw. I suspect he's sedated, probably since just before the release (judging by the video.)

Posted by Pappy 2014-06-09 18:03|| 2014-06-09 18:03|| Front Page Top

#9 And, because I'm "Unnamed," I won't be bothered by those so few pesky reporters wanting additional facts!

Posted by Unnamed Official 2014-06-09 21:06|| 2014-06-09 21:06|| Front Page Top

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